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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriPhilip Allen BENNETT
(1881-1942)
BENNETT, Philip Allen,
(father of Marion T. Bennett), a Representative from Missouri; born
on a farm near Buffalo, Dallas County, Mo., March 5, 1881; attended
the public schools and Buffalo (Mo.) High School; was graduated
from Springfield (Mo.) Normal and Business College in 1902; taught
school at Independence, Mo., in 1899 and at Boyd, Mo., in 1900;
purchased the Buffalo (Mo.) Reflex, which he edited and published
1904-1921; chairman of the Dallas County (Mo.) Republican committee
for eight years; delegate to the Republican National Convention in
1912; served in the State senate 1921-1925; moved to Springfield,
Mo., in 1922 and engaged in the real estate and loan business;
Federal land bank appraiser 1923-1925; Lieutenant Governor of
Missouri 1925-1929; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican
nomination for Governor in 1928; engaged in the insurance and loan
business; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1938 to the
Seventy-sixth Congress; elected as a Republican to the
Seventy-seventh Congress and served from January 3, 1941, until his
death in Washington, D.C., December 7, 1942; had been reelected to
the Seventy-eighth Congress; interment in Hazelwood Cemetery,
Springfield, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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